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Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure

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Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure cover
Developers
Original Game Toys for Bob
HD Versions XPEC Entertainment
macOS (OS X) TransGaming Inc.
Publishers
Activision
Engines
Lux Engine
Release dates
Windows October 12, 2011
macOS (OS X) October 12, 2011
Reception
IGDB 82
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Brawler
Series Spyro
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Spyro
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure 2011
Spyro Reignited Trilogy 2019

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Key points

Requires Portal of Power accessory as well as figures in order to play the game.
This version can sometimes corrupt the data on the figures.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Dongle check (the dongle must be connected in order to play)
SecuROM 8.03 DRM. At least one Skylanders figure and the Portal of Power scanner is required to get past the story mode tutorial.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This game is not available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Spyro\Save\global.dat
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Spyro\Save\slot#
macOS (OS X)

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Up to 1080p.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Voice, and SFX.
Surround sound
5.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Norwegian
Spanish
Swedish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op, Versus
LAN play
Online play
Asynchronous multiplayer

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Shader Model support 3.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Audio Wwise
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 11 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX
ATI Radeon X1800
512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 3 support
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 11 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GT 330M
512 MB of VRAM


References